Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
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2023 · Movie · 1h 40m
Synopsis
In 1968, art students Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell made a trippy photo collage for their musician friends Syd, David and Roger. The resulting album and album cover, A Saucerful of Secrets, helped launch two careers: that of Pink Floyd, one of the 70s megabands, and of Hipgnosis, which, over the course of the next 25 years, designed a stream of iconic album covers.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic76/100
44 audience votes
Key crew
- Anton CorbijnDirector
- Trish D ChettyWriter
Cast
- Aubrey PowellSelf
- Storm ThorgersonSelf (archive footage)
- Noel GallagherSelf
- David GilmourSelf
- Roger WatersSelf
- Paul McCartneySelf
- Nick MasonSelf
- Robert PlantSelf
- Jimmy PageSelf
- Peter GabrielSelf
- Graham GouldmanSelf
- Peter SavilleSelf
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Themes
designerrecord labelcult music bandeccentric artistmusic managercollage filmhistory and legacyart documentaryalbum cover arthistorical documentary